#MATTER
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Context #MATTERs: A Redistribution of Resources
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two, in a two-part documentary follow-up to the audio drama #MATTER, spotlights community driven efforts to uproot and reimagine public safety, j...
Context #MATTERs: The Police Origin Story
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part One, in a two-part documentary follow-up to the audio drama #MATTER, traces modern policing down to its roots, and considers unexamined repe...
The Ivory Talisman | Episode 8
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Colleen Sanders takes us through the final moments before the trial verdict is revealed as she reports from outside Jayce 42. Michelle ...
Should Have Would Have Could Have | Episode 7
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr.Azatti goes inside Jayce 42 to provide medical care for Sergeant Place. His POV of the standoff and of Niles' injuries makes Kate begin to wonder w...
There Are No Straight Lines In Nature | Episode 6
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After multiple failed negotiation attempts, Detective Patterson tries his luck with Gerald. Meanwhile a reporter discovers Michelle Hayes at the prote...
A Life of Its Own | Episode 5
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Niles’ mother recounts her arrival on the scene at Jayce’s 42 Sports Bar & Grill and we hear how the evening begins to unfold through ...
It’s In the Video! | Episode 4
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Niles’ death, Gerald uses what he believes to be the only option available to him to set the record straight - social media. Kate introduc...
Standoff-ish | Episode 3
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Commander Ammons, the lead hostage negotiator, provides Kate with more insight from the scene of the standoff. Audio from inside the restaurant sheds ...
A Routine Traffic Stop | Episode 2
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Simms, who recorded the attack on Niles, gives Kate a firsthand overview of the events that transpired outside and inside of Jayce’s bar....
The Hazard of Tickets and Skittles | Episode 1
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Bell, investigative journalist and author, introduces us to Gerald Hayes - the subject of her investigation. Her conversations begin to reveal th...
Introducing #MATTER
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Gerald Hayes witnesses his teenage son Niles’s brutal beating by police officers, a split second decision leads to him being barricaded in a fr...